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Bill Peet (1915-2002) Bill Peet. Bill Peet was born on 29 January 1915 in Grandview, Indiana, USA. He was a writer, known for Cinderella (1950), Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Dumbo (1941). He was married to Margaret Brunst. He died on 11 May 2002 in Studio City, California, USA.
Bill Peet has written and illustrated more than 30 books for children. Loved by children , parents , teachers, homeschoolers and librarians for over 55 years because his books make reading fun and teach positive values.
Bill Peet has written and illustrated more than 30 books for children. Loved by children, parents, teachers, homeschoolers and librarians for over 55 years because his books make reading fun and teach positive values. During his 27 year career making animated films, Bill Peet became Walt Disney's greatest storyman.
William Bartlett "Bill" Peet was an American children's book illustrator and a story writer for Walt Disney Productions. He joined the company in 1937 as an artist initially working on Donald Duck cartoons until he was moved to the story department. Peet worked on films, such as Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, The Three Caballeros, Song of the South, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan ...
Mar 28, 1994 · Bill Peet was the author of 34 books published by Houghton Mifflin. One of these, BILL PEET: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, was named a 1989 Caldecott Honor Book. All of Bill Peet’s books published by Houghton Mifflin Company, including his first book for children published in 1959, HUBERT'S HAIR-RAISING ADVENTURE, remain actively in print today.
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Feb 10, 2019 · Bill Peet was born William Bartlett Peed (later changing his last name to Peet) on January 29, 1915, in rural Indiana. He grew up in Indianapolis and from childhood on was always drawing. In fact, Peet often got in trouble for doodling in school, but one teacher encouraged him, and his interest in art continued.
During his 27 year career at Walt Disney studios, Bill Peet rose from inbetweener, to sketch artist to Disney's chief storyman. Bill Peet was the only storyman in the history of Disney studios who did all the story boards for an entire animated feature film, and he did it for two of them: The Sword in the Stone and One Hundred and One Dalmatians.
